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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Rutledge dismounts his mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle to check on the condition of a dirt landing zone near Forward Operating Base Lagman in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Feb, 16, 2011. Rutledge, an air controller assigned to the 807th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, helped secure the landing zone to make sure it was safe for a C-130 Hercules carrying cargo to land.

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Rutledge dismounts his mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle to check on the condition of a dirt landing zone near Forward Operating Base Lagman in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Feb, 16, 2011. Rutledge, an air controller assigned to the 807th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, helped secure the landing zone to make sure it was safe for a C-130 Hercules carrying cargo to land.

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